![I do have a very conscious desire not to be academic. I'm antiacademic. I hate jargon. I hate that sort of pretension. I am a person who [commits] breaches of decorum - not in private life, but in my work. They are part of my mode of operation. That kind of playfulness is part of my nature in general. The paradox that, in a way, to take something very seriously, you can't always be serious about it.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-do-have-a-very-conscious-desire-not-to-be-academic-im-antiacademic-i-hate-ja.jpg)
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